Each week, we’ll share stories and tweets from around Denver checking in on the performance of a transportation system that’s prone to unpredictable delays and violent high-speed wreckage. It might be a picture of a traffic jam, or a news story shrugging off a crash as the cost of doing business. Use the hashtag #CarsAreTraffic to share stories or photos on Twitter and Facebook.

It’s easy to pick on a train — after all, transit is still viewed as “alternative” transportation in Denver. But the real strain on the city’s transportation system comes from our dependence on space-hogging motor vehicles.

To share photos or stories, email us or post them on Streetsblog Denver’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Use the hashtag #CarsAreTraffic. If you want, go ahead and let Clark know there’s another perspective out there. His show uses the hashtag #HeyNext and is active on Twitter and Facebook.

Today Mayor Michael Hancock gathered with community members at City Hall to share a set of plans that will guide how Denver will change to keep its people housed, healthy and safely getting to the places they need to go over the next 20 years.

After the Global Climate Strike, where students in Colorado and around the world demanded climate action, elected officials at all levels of Colorado government appear to be shrugging their shoulders, offering political agendas that fail to envision a better transportation future.